The Christian Mystery: LecturesIn this major collection, Rudolf Steiner affirms the reality of esoteric Christianity and unveils many of its secret teachings. His lectures are on the significance of the Mystery of Golgotha and of the Blood that flowed on the Cross; the relationship of Christ and Lucifer (or Love and Knowledge); the various paths of initiation, including the Christian-Gnostic and Rosicrucian Paths; and Steiner's early interpretations of St. John's gospel and the sermon on the mount. All of Steiner's lectures on the Lord's Prayer are also included, as well as the version of the prayer that Steiner himself prayed throughout his life. This is an excellent book for all those who want to deepen their understanding of the Western stream of Christian esotericism and Rudolf Steiner's approach to Christianity as a spiritual practice. |
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... Future Transformation into a New Clairvoyance April 29 , 1906 , Stuttgart 117 4. PATHS OF INITIATION The Three Paths of Initiation September 19 , 1906 , Basel . 123 The Yoga Path , Christian Gnostic Initiation , and the Esotericism of ...
... future Sun of the cosmos . All earthly matter , according to Rudolf Steiner , is now so perme- ated with Christ's being that physics and chemistry themselves will not bear witness to the truth until they discover Christ in every atom ...
... future - oriented , Christ - centered , cognitive , fully conscious way of knowing that raised up all of the ancient mystery wisdoms and all the occult / esoteric traditions ( alchemy , astrology , magic , and so forth ) into a new ...
... future course now lay before him . Essentially , this course in its first phase involved two tasks : to estab- lish a new kind of Theosophy on a modern , Western foundation and , second , to do so in a way that acknowledged and built ...
... future ; it is now incompletely developed , but it contains the spiritual element . When human beings no longer think in matter but in the spirit , the heart will be the organ of thinking . Today the heart is still personal . The wine ...
Contents
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The Origin of Religious Confessions | 32 |
THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY | 41 |
The Mystery of Golgotha | 48 |
The Promise of the Spirit of Truth | 59 |
The WorldHistorical Significance | 66 |
How Does One Gain Higher Knowledge | 144 |
Who Are the Rosicrucians? | 151 |
Christian Initiation and Rosicrucian Training | 160 |
Earlier Initiation and Esoteric Christianity | 183 |
Christian Gnostic Meditations | 193 |
The Lords Prayer as Prayed by Rudolf Steiner | 199 |
The Lords Prayer Considered Esoterically Part I | 221 |
The Lords Prayer Considered Esoterically Part II | 235 |
The Purification of the Blood from the Passion | 85 |
Lucifer the Bearer of Light Christ the Bringer of Love | 105 |
PATHS OF INITIATION | 123 |
The Yoga Path Christian Gnostic Initiation | 133 |
GOSPEL READINGS | 249 |
EPILOGUE | 275 |
Further Reading | 285 |